1st Lydd Scout Group

Analysis

1st Lydd Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in New Romney. It was registered in October 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Lydd Scout Group reported income of £20k and spending of £19k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £20k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 1st Lydd Scout Group sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gathering Charity Leatherhead (£20k), Rivington Presbyterian Chapel (Trust Property Held in Connection With) (£20k) and Exeter Spiritualist Centre and Healing Group (£20k).